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News Release from: Hart Communication Foundation
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 11 September 2007
New standard released for wireless
communication
WirelessHart technology addresses the needs of the process industry for simple, reliable and secure wireless communication in the real world industrial plant environment.
The Hart Communication Foundation (HCF) has released the Hart 7 specification The Hart 7 specification enables many new capabilities for communication with intelligent field devices including WirelessHart, the first open wireless communication standard designed for process measurement and control applications
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 12 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The HCF membership approved the Hart 7 specifications in June 2007, following an extensive review and approval process.
"With official release of the Hart 7 specifications, the WirelessHart standard is now publicly available and manufacturers can begin implementing this new capability into their products and process solutions".
"I expect that products complying with this new standard will be available from multiple manufacturers in early 2008", says HCF Executive Director Ron Helson.
WirelessHart technology addresses the needs of the process industry for simple, reliable and secure wireless communication in the real world industrial plant environment.
It is easy to use, easy to deploy and fully backward compatible with existing instrumentation and host systems, preserving the investment in Hart-enabled devices, tools, training, applications and work procedures used today.
"WirelessHart provides the same experience that users know and expect from Hart-enabled products, protecting the global installed base of 24+ million Hart devices", says Helson.
WirelessHart communication builds on established and field-proven international standards including the Hart protocol (IEC 61158), EDDL (IEC 61804-3), IEEE802.15.4 radio and frequency hopping, spread spectrum and mesh networking technologies.
The new technology addresses the issues users face in the process plant environment and seamlessly integrates existing devices into Hart-enabled systems.
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